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Ornithidium {Ornis a bird, eidos likeness,) 
coccinea - - - searlel flower - - - Martinique 
Palumbina {Palumha a pig'eon ; resenil)lance of flowers,) 
Candida - - - white - - . . Mexico 
L'’aphinia {PapMa, a surname of Venus,) 
cristata - - - crested . . . . Trinidad 
Peristeria {Peristeria a dove; resemblance of the column,) 
elata - - - flowers elevated - - Panama 
Pescatorea {M. Pescatore, a famous cultivator of orchids near Paris,) 
Dayana - - - in honor of J. Da}", high Coh)mbia 
cross Tottenham 
Klabochiana - - in meinoiy of M. Klaboch Colombia 
who died coll’g in Mexico 
EPIDENDRE^. 
Phajus {Pliaio to shine ; splendor of the flow rs,) 
albus - - - - white Burmah 
Bensonite - - Mrs. Colonel Benson’s - Rangoon 
intermedins - - between two forms - - China 
maculatus - - spotted - - - ^ Bomba}" 
Tankervilli3e(syn.. 9raft- in honor of Lady Tanker- China 
difoUus) vill, a pi'omoter of botany 
Wallichii - - - in honor of Dr. N- Wallich Bombay 
VANDE.E. 
Phal^nopsis {Phalcena a moth, opsis resemblance,) 
ainabilis - - - lovely Luzon 
casta - - - - beautiful, inviolable - Luzon 
Coruiugiana - - in honor of E. Corning a Philippines 
noted American orchiolo- 
gist 
cornu-cervi - - staghorn like flower stems Moulmein 
esmeralda r - - to shine, to be fair ; an Mellaca 
emerald 
